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Rove :: Rove (n.) A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving..

Slivered :: Slivered (imp. & p. p.) of Slive.

Sliver :: Sliver (n.) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Cf. Kibblings.

Lap :: Lap (n.) To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working..

Slive :: Slive (v. t.) To cut; to split; to separate.

Lucifer :: Lucifer (n.) A match made of a sliver of wood tipped with a combustible substance, and ignited by friction; -- called also lucifer match, and locofoco. See Locofoco..

Sliver :: Sliver (n.) A long piece cut ot rent off; a sharp, slender fragment; a splinter..

Rove :: Rove (v. t.) To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning..

Dislive :: Dislive (v. t.) To deprive of life.

Roving :: Roving (n.) The operatin of forming the rove, or slightly twisted sliver or roll of wool or cotton, by means of a machine for the purpose, called a roving frame, or roving machine..

Slive :: Slive (v. i.) To sneak.

Splinterproof :: Splinter (n.) A thin piece split or rent off lengthwise, as from wood, bone, or other solid substance; a thin piece; a sliver; as, splinters of a ship's mast rent off by a shot..

Spreadingly :: Spreader (n.) A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.

Slub :: Slub (v. t.) To draw out and twist slightly; -- said of slivers of wool.

Roving :: Roving (n.) A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slightly twisted; a rove. See 2d Rove, 2..

Sliver :: Sliver (v. t.) To cut or divide into long, thin pieces, or into very small pieces; to cut or rend lengthwise; to slit; as, to sliver wood..

Mislive :: Mislive (v. i.) To live amiss.

Speeder :: Speeder (n.) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings.

Card :: Card (n.) A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.

Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.

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